"From the Ted Talk by Mia Birdsong: The story we tell about poverty isn't true"

Unscramble the Blue Letters

We were poor when I was a kid. But now, I own a home in a quickly gentrifying neighborhood in oaklnad, California. I've built a career. My hbnasud is a business owner. I have a retirement auocnct. My dheguatr is not even allowed to turn on the stove unless there's a grown-up at home and she doesn't have to, because she does not have to have the same kind of self-reliance that I had to at her age. My kids' raviolis are organic and full of things like sanpcih and ricotta, because I have the luxury of choice when it comes to what my children eat.

Open Cloze

We were poor when I was a kid. But now, I own a home in a quickly gentrifying neighborhood in _______, California. I've built a career. My _______ is a business owner. I have a retirement _______. My ________ is not even allowed to turn on the stove unless there's a grown-up at home and she doesn't have to, because she does not have to have the same kind of self-reliance that I had to at her age. My kids' raviolis are organic and full of things like _______ and ricotta, because I have the luxury of choice when it comes to what my children eat.

Solution

account

oakland

daughter

spinach

husband

Original Text

We were poor when I was a kid. But now, I own a home in a quickly gentrifying neighborhood in Oakland, California. I've built a career. My husband is a business owner. I have a retirement account. My daughter is not even allowed to turn on the stove unless there's a grown-up at home and she doesn't have to, because she does not have to have the same kind of self-reliance that I had to at her age. My kids' raviolis are organic and full of things like spinach and ricotta, because I have the luxury of choice when it comes to what my children eat.